It’s apple week in the Chocolate Shavings kitchen! For some odd reason, I had never really been apple picking. I have a distant memory of my parents taking me to this farm once outside of Paris and picking a couple apples and learning how to make bread, but it wasn’t exactly the same adventure. It […] Read more…
There’s not a lot that a good cupcake can’t cure. Let me tell you, cupcakes have often been my pick-me-up when the day hasn’t been so sweet. Maybe it’s a good thing that I no longer live close to NYC’s Buttercup Bake shop! I am in cupcake testing madness (for a little project of mine […] Read more…
So… I had promised myself I wouldn’t do it and then I caved! The problem with me is that I’ve never really been a woman of measure and I tend to be pretty obsessed with things that I take a liking to. For those reasons, I had promised I wouldn’t hop on the twitter train. […] Read more…
I’ve been meaning to write about chocolate bark for a little while now. It’s really a fun, and easy dessert to make and you can switch it up with so many different things. I especially like using fleur de sel because it really brings out the flavor of the chocolate. I was reading one of […] Read more…
Cooking with pomegranate can be a little bit of a challenge to those who don’t like to get messy in the kitchen. Personally, that’s never been an issue of mine. The messier things are, the better the result! These red jewels can really be a tad messy to free, but once out they are sweet, […] Read more…
I saw Julie & Julia a couple nights ago and it left me with a myriad of reflections about the food world. First of all, let me be honest: I only heard about Julia Child a handful of years ago. Growing up in Paris, as you can imagine, Julia Child was not a renowned name […] Read more…